Use a cabbage detector to learn how acids (like vinegar) and bases (like soap) change the color of water. Lose the Blues with CO 2 Carbon dioxide is one of life’s most essential gases. Test how much ...

Whenever you eat something, your body absorbs the things it needs, such as proteins and vitamins, and sends away the waste. One of those waste products is uric acid. It’s formed when your body breaks ...

A meeting was held to discuss this disaster; among the attendees were Bjørn Ibsen, an anesthesiologist, and Poul Astrup, chief of the hospital laboratory. Ibsen realized that marked carbon dioxide ...

A crash course on the basic differences between acids and bases. A crash course on the basic differences between acids and bases, complete with a classroom-friendly experiment demonstrating the ...

This review describes a method of analyzing acid–base disorders that incorporates insights from the traditional, bicarbonate-centered model and the Stewart (or strong ion) model (Table 1). 1–6 ...

Your kidneys filter the uric acid in your body, and it leaves in the urine. Blood tests for uric acid measure this level and can determine if your levels are high, low, or typical. A uric acid blood ...